Sentences with phrase «army chief general»
«I hope it's not just a budget - cutting exercise» On the prospect of defence cuts, former army chief General Sir Mike Jackson told Channel 4 News: «I seem to recall Dr Fox in his first speech saying there will be cuts — an interesting opening gambit and not one I care for.
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Former Army chief General Sir Mike Jackson at the weekend described the «penny - pinching» move as «virtually incredible».
Outspoken former Army chief General Sir Richard Dannatt has revealed he stopped working for the Conservatives after the general election.
Prime Minister Shahif Khaqan Abbasi and army chief General Qamer Javed Bajwa condemned the attack.
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The rest of the tale is hearsay: that a heavily indebted Heywood, a former family friend and fixer who had helped get Bo junior into Harrow (Heywood's prestigious alma mater in England) had demanded a bigger cut of a business deal; that he threatened to expose underhanded dealings by Gu if he didn't get it; that Bo's police chief, Wang Lijun, had confronted him over the alleged murder (the death was originally put down to alcohol poisoning), after which Wang sought asylum at an American consulate; that Gu had shown up at a police station in a People's Liberation Army major - general's uniform to announce that she was under special orders from Beijing to «protect» Comrade Wang; that the couple had plotted to assassinate Wang and came up with three separate storylines to avoid being implicated.
The Iranian army's Deputy Chief of Staff Brigadier General Ali Shadmani said Tuesday that «If the enemy makes a small mistake, we will shut the Strait of Hormuz, kill their sedition in the bud and endanger the arrogant powers» interests,» according to the Fars news agency.
The People's Liberation Army Daily on Wednesday published its list of attendees for the upcoming 19th party congress in Beijing on October 18, with two notable exclusions: Fang Fenghui, who was recently replaced as the chief at the Joint Staff Department in China's military and is currently under investigation for corruption, and General Zhang Yang, the director of the political work department, who also sits on the military commission.
During the Civil War, President Lincoln rewarded Grant with a promotion to lieutenant general and made him general - in - chief of the armies.
A recent document approved in December, 1989 by the Army's chief of staff, General Carl Vuono, entitled «Military Operations in Low - Intensity Conflict,» describes the army's new aggressive plArmy's chief of staff, General Carl Vuono, entitled «Military Operations in Low - Intensity Conflict,» describes the army's new aggressive plarmy's new aggressive plans.
Army Chief of Staff General Douglas MacArthur commanded the infantry and cavalry supported by six tanks.
On May 5, 1868, General John Logan, who was Commander in Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, officially declared that May 30th was to be known as Decoration Day.
Others are the Director General of the State Security Service, SSS, Lawal Daura; Inspector General of the Police, Ibrahim Idris; CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele and the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, a Lieutenant General.
They were the Chief of Army Staff, Lt - General Tukur Buratai; the Chief Of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Sadique Abubakar and the Chief Of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Ibok - Ete Ekwe Iba.
The Chief of Army Staff, Major General Richard Kwame Opoku - Adusei, says the military will be firm on the ground, after deadly clashes in the Northern Region town last week.
Oyebade and Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai are soldiers and they know about logistics and deployment of soldiers and from the outset should know that Awe is a super lie fabricator,» he said.
He said the feet is unprecedented in the history of the Nigerian Army and a great boost to the strength of the Officer Corps of the Nigerian Army under the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Y Buratai.
It is unprecedented in the history of the Nigerian Army and great boost to the strength of the Officer Corps of the Nigerian Army by the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General TY Buratai.
Among the diginatries is the Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Buratai, Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Abayomi Olonisakin, Chief of Naval Staff, Real Admiral Ibok Ekwe Ibas, Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, Director General Department of State Security Service, Musa Daura, NSA, Maj - Gen Bababgana Monguno and DG, NIA, Mr Oke.
The media centrI according to the media coordinator, Colonel Tukur Gusau is based on the directive of the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai.
Buhari is to be accompanied by the Minister of Defense, Alhaji Mansur Ali and Service Chiefs, Chief of Defense Staff, General Gabriel Olanisakin, Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Abubakar Sadique and Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Obet Ebas.
The Chief of the General Staff of the army made statements expressing the wish for a sincerely secular president, and published an e-memorandum warning against emerging disputes regarding the secular nature of the Turkish republic in the context of the election.
The White House is reportedly mulling replacing national security adviser H.R. McMaster, an Army general — a move that is being orchestrated by White House chief of staff John Kelly and Defense Secretary James Mattis.
In response to the directive of Chief of Army Staff, Major General Tukur Yusuf Buratai, Nigerian troops prosecuting the war on terror, have increased the tempo of their offensive as they kill many terrorists during a recent combat operation along Dikwa - Maiduguri Road in Borno State.
Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, has revealed how he sacked his domestic driver over confrontation with officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps...
Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, the Chief of Army Staff has arrived Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, the Nigeria Politics Online has learnt.
The move to oust McMaster, an Army general, is being orchestrated by White House chief of staff John Kelly and Defense Secretary James Mattis, MSNBC reported.
He added that it is in line with the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai's Barracks Investment Initiative Program (BIIP) to take care of the welfare of the troops and in way boost the morale of troops fighting against insurgency in the North East Nigeria by empowering their families and wards.
«On Saturday 12 May 2018, General Mohammed accompanied the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Liuetenant General TY Buratai to pay condolence visit to the families of late Sheikh Isyaka Rabiu in Kano and thereafter visited Depot NA in Zaria before returnimg to Kaduna in the evening after the conduct of the local Councils elections.
His arrest came on the heels of the clash his followers hadwith the convoy of the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant - General Tukur Buratai, in Zaria.
The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, has revealed how the $ 1billion approved by President Muhammadu Buhari for the purchase of military equipment will...
The Chief of Army Staff, Major General William Azu Ayamdo, who visited the crime scene on Tuesday, said GAF was already in close collaboration with other security agencies to thoroughly investigate and ensure justice for Captain Mahama.
In line with the Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai's disposition to have a professionally responsive Nigerian Army in the discharge of its constitutional responsibilities, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 82 Division Nigerian Army, Major General Adamu Baba Abubakar had in the early hours of Monday 15 May 2017, led some security chiefs on a visit to the conflicted villages of Cross River and Ebonyi States with the aim of resolving the crisis.
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai has commuted the death sentences passed on 66 soldiers who were tried by several Military Court Martials for mutiny and other offences in the fight against Boko Haram terrorists»...
«Chief of Army Staff, General Buratai and his military hierarchy are desperately using every and any available strategy to justify their actions against IPOB family members in Biafraland particularly in Anambra State because of our boycott threat.
He said, «I visited the Commander - in - Chief to update him on the security situation that the Army is involved: defending the territorial integrity of the country, the welfare of the troops and the state of our general administration.
He also said the Inspector General of Police, the Chief of Army Staff and the Navy had been notified of Tompolo's application, «so that overzealous persons do not take advantage of the court process to attempt to trample on his legal rights.»
Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai has said that the Army is to deploy 230 personnel, including 19 officers and 211 soldiers to Liberia for peacekeeping operation.
13.00 US Chief of Army Staff General Raymond Odierno discusses the future of the US Army in the context of declining budget and a shift in emphasis to the Asia - Pacific region at Chatham House
Following the fall of Sambisa Forest and the defeat of Boko Haram by the Nigerian Military, Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai has been awarded the African Leadership Magazine Award in recognition of the strategic and commanding roles he played in achieving the feat.
Some of the individuals from Borno holding influential positions at the national level include the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari; the National Security Adviser, General Babagana Monguno; the Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Yusuf Buratai and even the renowned jailer of corrupt suspects and the boss of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu among others.
Representing the Chief of Army Staff at the first annual conference of Guild of Corporate Online Publishers, Major General Peter Dauke said that Borno had about 400,000 houses damaged by Boko Haram Link: https://goo.gl/Mj9Sg9)
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Yusuf Buratai revealed that Botswana would host the 7th African Land Forces Summit.
In his acceptance remarks, the representative of the Chief of Army Staff, Major General Chris Jemitola thanked the medium for the nomination and all those that voted for both the Nigerian Army and the Chief of Army Staff for the prestigious awards.
Armed bandits operating along Birnin - Gwari - Kaduna Highways have kidnapped 87 passengers on Sunday as the Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Tukur Yusuf Buratai charged...
The Service chiefs were Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Olonisakin; Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Tukur Buratai, and Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Ibok - Ete Ekwe Ibas.
From the President who has refused to act on investigative reports submitted to him on grievous allegations of diverting over a billion naira meant for resettlement of Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs) by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal under the Presidential Initiative for the North East (PINE) and the miraculous discovery of 13billion naira in an apartment at Ikoyi, Lagos under the supervision of the Director of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayodele Oke, to the Head of Service of the Federation, Oyo - Ita Winifred Ekanem, who connived with others to reinstate into active duty and promote Abdulrasheed Maina, the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, who allegedly stole over 6billion naira pension fund; the Chief of Staff to President Buhari now renamed the «Thief of Staff», Abba Kyari, who allegedly received a bribe of 500million naira to negotiate a fine reduction for MTN Nigeria, and has continuously been in the heart of every sharp practices in the Presidency; the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu who allegedly received a kickback of 3.8 billion naira in exchange for marginal oilfield using his brother, Dumebi Kachikwu as front; the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, who was the brain behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai who during his time as the Director of Procurement at the Army Headquarters allegedly diverted funds meant to equip the Military into buying choice properties worth millions of dollar in Dubai; the Minister for Solid Minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi who allegedly embezled State Universal Education Board (SUBEB) funds as the Governor of Ekiti State; the Minister for Interior, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau who was indicted by a Presidential investigative committee probing Arm procurement for awarding ghost contracts worth $ 930,500,690 with others while as the Chief of Army Staff between 2008 - 2010 and one of the brains behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi alleged to have stolent 142billion naira as the Governor of Rivers State.
The GOC enjoined troops to remain resolute in the fight against the Boko Haram terrorists and insurgents in the North East in order to ensure total compliance with the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai's directive that remnants of Boko Haram terrorists are flushed out of Nigerian territory.
Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Sani Kukasheka Usman said in a statement that the launching was part of the activities at the just concluded Chief of Army Staff's Combined Second and Third Quarter Conference 2017 which took place from 18th - 20th September 2017 at the Army Headquarters Command Officers» Mess Abuja.
The Chief of Army Staff, Nigerian Army, Lieutenant General TY Buratai, on Wednesday 20th September 2017, launched 3 books on Critical Thinking written by Colonel Charles Dalo Nengite, as part of efforts to enhance the capacity of Nigerian Army's personnel in creativity and innovation in the application of Critical Thinking.
Former President of the Senate, Senator David Mark has mourned the demise of former Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Victor Malu, describing him as a...